Recipe

Brock makes an easy quinoa loaf from Ellen Jaffe Jone's book "Eat Vegan on $4 a Day", that works out to only $0.75 per serving! Delish! FYI: Ellen's pricing is based on pricing that's as accurate as she could calculate (more information on this in her book). But food prices vary worldwide and/or change from day to day. Her point is to show that you can save cash and still eat healthy.

Previously, Marta interviewed Ellen via Skype and talked all about her journey, and how a vegan lifestyle has helped her achieve terrific fitness goals.
To watch the interview: http://youtu.be/hI2708hBCsc

Marta makes a super-easy vegan chocolate mousse recipe. Perfect on cakes, crepes, cupcakes, muffins, or on it's own!

FYI: Marta checked the Thai kitchen website and couldn't find any information about the cans being BPA-free. An organic and BPA-free coconut milk that we've tried and liked is by Native Forest - might be harder to find but worth it!

How to Grow Garlic at Home:

1. Plant in the fall. Stick individual cloves6 inches apart, 4 inches deep in soil with pointy end facing up.
2. After planting, cover area with mulch (we used dried leaves). This keeps moisture in the soil through the winter, but insulates so it won't freeze.
3. In the spring, remove any weeds that come up.
4.Remove the scapes once they curl (as Marta did in the video).
5. Harvest garlic bulb in the fall, once the stalks turn brown.
6. Cure the garlic by hanging to dry for 2-3 weeks.

Marta shows a simple and effective way to make natural buy spray that's safe for you, kids, and pets.

Directions:

Preheat oven at 350F.
Ingredients:
½ cup organic earth balance (vegan butter)
¾ cup organic cane sugar
Blend with a hand-mixer for 2-5 minutes until creamy in texture.
Add 4 Bananas
Mix again.
Grind 2 Tbsp Chia Seed in a coffee grinder.
Add 7 Tbsp Water to Chia and stir in a bowl.
Set aside for 10 minutes.
Mix all dry ingredients in a separate bowl:
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- ¾ cup Tapioca Flour
- 1 tsp xanthan gum
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 3 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
Blend Chia mixture to the wet ingredients.
Stir in the dry ingredients until smooth.